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Rehearsal and Performance Policies for Actors

Rehearsals are governed by the following rules:

1. Actors may not be called earlier than 6:00 p.m. for any evening rehearsal or performance. If an actor is called at 6:00 p.m., he or she will be free from production-related activities between 5:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m.
2. Rehearsals may not extend beyond four (4) hours Sunday through Thursday, or beyond five (5) hours on Friday or Saturday except for Tech & Dress Rehearsals.
3. Rehearsals may not extend past 10:30 p.m. on Sunday through Thursday, or past 11:00 p.m. on Friday or Saturday except for Tech & Dress Rehearsals.
4. Actors may be called for either a Saturday or a Sunday rehearsal, but not for both, except for Tech & Dress Rehearsals.
5. There must be a minimum of 12 hours between any two rehearsals.
6. No Technical or Dress Rehearsal may extend more than five (5) hours past the announced curtain time.
7. Technical and Dress Rehearsals are those designated as such in the official Production Schedule.
8. Breaks during rehearsals will be as follows: five (5) minutes after each fifty-five (55) minutes and/or ten (10) minutes after each eighty (80) minutes. These break requirements are also applicable during Technical rehearsals except for the last three (3) days before the first performance. When running the show during rehearsals, these breaks must be "banked" when the running times exceeds eighty (80) minutes. The definition of "running" includes only minimal stopping.
9. The Stage Manager will have the authority to act for the Director (Instructor) in enforcing the rules of the production.
10. Actors are required to supply their own rehearsal clothes except those so designated as exceptional.
11. Actors are required to purchase a designated copy of the script.
12. Actors agree not to cut or to color their hair without written permission from the Costume Designer.
13. Actors may be required to cut, shave, color or grow their hair for a role, as a condition of casting. The production will pay for the original expense of such change, its upkeep during the run of the production and its restoration to the original color at the close of the production.

Performances are governed by the following rules:

1. Actors may be called not more than one (1) hour prior to the announced curtain time.
2. Actors will have one day off in each eight (8) day period.
3. Actors are required to supply their own underwear when it is not a part of the costume.
4. Actors are required to supply their own makeup which is considered ordinary and/or conventional. Special makeup will be supplied by the production.
5. Actors are required to attend a photo call which shall last not more than one (1) hour. The photo call shall be scheduled in advance, generally at the end of a performance. The University shall retain all rights to such photos and publicity and archival purposes.
6. The University shall have the right to videotape a production at its discretion, and shall retain all rights to such tapes for publicity and archival purposes.
7. Actors shall have a break of at least one (1) hour between Matinee and Evening performances, or the Production will supply a meal at the Production's expense.
8. Actor's will receive one (1) complimentary ticket to a non-weekend or matinee performance in the Studio Theatre and two (2) tickets to any performance in the University Theatre.
9. The Director (Instructor) may give notes after a Technical or Dress rehearsal only if the time does not exceed the five-hour rule.
10. The Director (Instructor) may give notes in the dressing rooms prior to a rehearsal, but may not call the actors to any other location.
11. A required warm-up may not last longer then ten (10) minutes and must begin at the start of the one-hour call.
12. Actors are required to wear the costumes and makeup as designed.
13. Actors are required to wear deodorant and/or antiperspirant when costumes are worn.
14. Actors are required to attend strike for the production which shall be scheduled the day after the production closes.
15. Actors are required to attend a critique of the production which shall be scheduled during the week after the production closes.